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2.
The request for criminal judicial assistance should include a
statement of the facts of the offence to which the request is related and
the legal stipulations concerned.
3.
The written request and documents mentioned above should be
signed and sealed by the requesting authorities of a contracting party.
Article 8 Languages
Correspondence exchanged within the sphere of judicial
assistance and the documents delivered thereof shall be written
in the language of one's own country, together with translation in the
language of the other country or in an English translation.
Article 9 Fees for Judicial Assistance
1.
The two contracting parties should mutually provide free
judicial assistance.
2.
The travelling, board and lodging expenses for any person called
to be a witness or verifier before the court in the territories of the
requesting contracting party shall be borne by the requesting contracting
party. At the individual's request, the above-mentioned expenses shall
be advanced by the competent authorities of the requesting contracting
party.
Article 10 Refusal to Provide Judicial Assistance
If the requested contracting party is of the opinion that
provision of judicial assistance is detrimental to its sovereignty,
safety or public order, it may refuse to provide judicial assistance.
However, it should notify the requesting contracting party of the
reasons for refusal.
Article 11 Laws Applicable in the Provision of Judicial Assistance
The requested authorities shall, in providing judicial
1.
assistance, apply the laws of its own country.
2.
In providing civil judicial assistance, the requested authorities
may, upon request, also apply the laws of the other contracting party,
provided that such application shall not be contrary to the basic legal
principles of the requested contracting party.
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